Results 281-300 of 4,199 for speaker:Brian Leddin

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current rates of income to local government from electricity distribution infrastructure, broken down by local authority. [53712/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current rates of income to local government from electricity transmission infrastructure, broken down by local authority. [53713/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current rates of income to local government from petrol/diesel filling stations, broken down, by local authority. [53714/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current expenditure of each local authority for liquid transport fuels, solid fossil heating fuels, liquid fossil heating fuels, fossil gas heating fuels, renewable heating fuels and electricity. [53717/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current direct income (other than rates income) of each local authority from renewable energy installations. [53718/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tree Remediation (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that will be provided to farmers for the safe removal of diseased ash trees on road-fronting farmland in circumstances where farmers are not trained to remove such trees safely and cannot afford to pay a contractor to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53666/23]

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: I commend the Minister for bringing the Bill to the House. It is certainly a mammoth piece of work that, as Deputy Matthews said, will have a generational impact because we will be living with the consequences, good or bad, of this Bill for many years to come. I hope the Minister has got it right. Getting it right is critical because if we want to create a healthy, happy and thriving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: I have received apologies from Deputy Alan Farrell and Senator Lynn Boylan. The purpose of this morning's meeting is to discuss the review of the climate action plan 2023 with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The Minister and his officials are very welcome. Before we begin, I will read out a note on privilege. I remind the witnesses of the long-standing parliamentary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister for his opening statement and the detail that is in it. At the outset, I commend the Minister, as I would any Minister who is leading a Department that is going through a significant change in the next few years. Agriculture certainly is one of the principal ones. Deputy Bruton needs to leave. Does the Deputy want to come in to ask a question now? I can bring the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: If the Deputy can come back, that would be good. I thank the Deputy for that. Deputy Whitmore is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: Does the Minister want to respond to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy Whitmore. I will use this Government slot as no other Government members are indicating. I wish to pick up the Deputy's question on the challenge of sustainable food production and how we use land. I will focus on dairy. It is arguably the food the wider world needs and it is premium markets we are sending it to, which is certainly good for our economy and for those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: My apologies for interrupting Deputy Murphy, but I have received a message from Deputy O’Rourke, who needs to go.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: Does Deputy O’Rourke wish to contribute now? He is tight on time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: We can be if Deputy Murphy has lots of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: The Minister has helpfully answered in terms of nitrous oxide. Any reduction is very welcome. Has it decreased by 33%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: Nitrous oxide is between 200 and 300 times worse than CO2 as a greenhouse gas so it is critically important to reduce such emissions. If you can reduce nitrous oxide at all, it makes the challenge a lot easier. To be fair to the Minister, the reduction is due to the promotion of better farming practices and farming without excess use of nitrogen. A lot of it is due to the price increase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: That is very interesting. Is this research that is being done relatively new? Does this knowledge need to be imparted across the sector? What is the uptake like or what do we expect uptake to be like?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: That is very interesting. I thank the Minister for that. Seldom do we get this kind of engagement and so much time. Deputy Bruton has returned. Does he want to come in again?